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The territory in which we collected is marked "Unsurveyed territory" on the best maps. Doctor Rock has been there, probably, and the Roosevelts passed through some of it. 

Aug. 18. We had considerable bother getting off, but just before dark we reached Wa-Si-Geo. It began raining just before we arrived, and rained until hours after dark. We got two or three rare butterflies. We had no trouble with the local customs office at Tatsienlu. 

Mr. Urech and Mr. Edgar escorted me some distance out of the city of Tatsienlu. 

Mr. Edgar, F.R.G.S. and F.R.A.I. stated that the trip we have just finished is the trip with the highest altitudes of any trip he has ever taken, and that he does not know of any route with altitudes so high on the Tibetan border. On this trip we camped and slept at the altitude 15600 feet, the highest in his experience. He says that we can well congratulate ourselves that we successfully completed the trip. 

Aug. 19. The pack animals "ran away" from the coolies who are carrying loads. I was with the pack animals, and arrived at Lu Ding Chiao at 2;30 P. M. The last load arrived at about 5 P. M.

We did not secure a single bird, and only a few insects. Last night we got a good catch by means of the night lanterns. 

It rained very hard last night, and today the Tong River is a high and muddy torrent. The melting of the snows does not cause such floods in this part of Tibet, but they are caused by freshets or heavy showers. 

Today I met a friend, Mr. Sinton, on his way to Tatsienlu for missionary work. He will return in a few days. 

This afternoon I have visited the magistrate's office, and the customs official. I also visited the Postoffice and paid forty cents still due on four boxes of specimens, I mailed on the way to Tatsienlu.